I-NRLF 


THE  LIBRARY 

OF 

THE  UNIVERSITY 
OF  CALIFORNIA 


PRESENTED  BY 

PROF.  CHARLES  A.  KOFOID  AND 
MRS.  PRUDENCE  W.  KOFOID 


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PHILADELPHIA, 


E.  KETTERLINUS  PRINTER.  N.  W.  Cor  Arch  <v  Fourth  Streets. 
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PREAMBLE. 

Whereas,  in  our  opinion,  the  cause  of  science 
could  be  materially  advanced  by  the  establish- 
ment of  a  Society,  whose  members  would  make 
it  incumbent  upon  themselves  to  ascertain  the 
Name,  Locality,  Habits,  Time,  etc.,  of  Insects 
taken  within  the  United  States  of  America,  and 
communicate  the  same  to  the  Society,  therefore 
resolved  that 

ARTICLE  I 

The  Society  shall  be  called  4<TnE  ENTOMO- 
LOGICAL SOCIETY  or  PHILADELPHIA." 

ARTICLE  II. 

The  Society  shall  consist  of  Members  and 
Correspondents. 


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ARTICLE  III. 

The  rights  of  voting,  of  holding  offices,  and 
of  transacting  business,  lie  solely  with  the  mem- 
bers ;  but  correspondents  may  have  the  privi- 
lege of  attending  the  meetings  and  taking  part 
in  the  discussions. 

ARTICLE  IV. 

The  officers  of  the  Society  shall  be  a  Presi- 
dent, Vice-President.  Secretary  and  Treasurer, 
who  shall  be  elected  at  the  last  stated  meeting 
in  December. 

ARTICLE  V. 

Section  1.  All  candidates  for  admission  in- 
to the  Society  as  members,  must  be  proposed 
in  writing,  by  two  members,  at  a  stated  meet- 
ing, and  be  balloted  for  at  the  next  stated  meet- 
ing. The  affirmative  votes  of  three-fourths  of 
the  members  present,  shall  be  necessary  to  elect 
a  candidate. 

Section  2.  All  candidates  for  admission  in- 
to the  Society  as  Correspondents,  must  be  pro- 
posed in  writing  by  two  members,  at  a  stated 
meeting,  and  be  balloted  for  at  the  same  meet- 
ing. The  affirmative  votes  of  a  majority  of  the 
members  present,  shall  be  necessary  to  elect  a 
candidate. 


Section  3.  No  person  residing  in  Philadelphia, 
can  be  chosen  a  correspondent ;  nor  shall  any 
correspondent  continue  as  such,  after  he  shall 
have  removed  permanently  to  Philadelphia. 

ARTICLE  VI. 

Every  member  or  correspondent  elected  to 
the  Society,  is  expected  to  communicate  either 
by  writing  or  verbally,  information  of  the  Name, 
Locality,  Habits,  Time,  etc.,  of  Insects  taken 
within  the  United  States  of  America,  the  same 
to  be  recorded  in  books  kept  for  that  purpose, 
and  open  to  the  inspection  of  the  members  and 
correspondents  of  the  Society. 

ARTICLE  VII. 

No  alteration,  suspension  of,  or  addition  to 
this  Constitution,  or  any  part  of  it,  shall  be 
made,  unless  it  be  submitted  in  writing  at  least 
two  months  previous  to  its  being  acted  upon  and 
then  passed  by  a  vote  of  two  thirds  of  the  mem- 
bers present;  provided,  nevertheless,  that  by  a 
unanimous  resolution  of  the  members  present, 
any  proposition  for  altering,  adding  to,  or  sus- 
pending any  part  of  it,  may  be  at  once  intro- 
duced and  disposed  of  Any  amendment  or  ad- 
dition to  this  Constitution,  shall,  when  adopted, 
be  as  binding  as  any  law  contained  in  this  code, 
and  shall  be  alterable  only  in  the  way  provided 
for  in  this  article. 


OF  TH.K 

ENTOMOLOGICAL  SOCIETY 


PHILADELPHIA. 


ARTICLE  I. 

The  stated  meetings  of  the  society  shall  be 
held  on  the  second  and  fourth  Monday  evenings 
of  each  month,  at  such  place  and  hour  as  may 
from  time  to  time  be  designated.  Special  meet- 
ings may  be  called  by  the  President  whenever 
he  may  deem  it  necessary,  or  at  the  request  of 
any  three  members,  in  writing.  Five  members 
shall  constitute  a  quorum  for  the  transaction  of 
business. 


ARTICLE  II. 

Section  1.  Every  member  elected  to  the  so- 
ciety shall  sign  the  following  obligation:  In  be- 
coming a  member  of  the  Entomological  Society 
of  Philadelphia,  I  promise  to  conform  myself 
to  its  Constitution,  By- Laws,  and  Regulations, 
and  in  testimony  thereof,  I  do  hereunto  subscribe 
my  name. 

Section  2.  Every  member  elected  to  the  so- 
ciety, shall  pay  to  the  Secretary  an  Initiation 
fee  of  Fifty  Cents,  and  shall  be  subject  to  a 
monthly  contribution  of  Six  Cents,  payable  at 
the  last  stated  meeting  of  each  month. 

ARTICLE  III. 

Section  1.  The  President  shall  preside  at 
all  meetings;  he  shall  preserve  good  order  and 
decorum,  regulate  debates,  nominate  the  chair- 
man of  all  committees,  and  call  special  meet- 
ings of  the  Society,  at  such  times  as  he  may 
deem  it  necessary,  or  at  the  request  of  any  three 
members  in  writing. 

Section  2.  The  duties  of  the  Vice-President 
shall  be  the  same  as  those  of  the  President, 
during  his  absence. 


Section  3.  The  Secretary  shall  record  cor- 
rect minutes  of  the  proceedings  of  the  Society, 
receive  all  moneys  due  the  Society,  pass  the  same 
to  the  Treasurer,  and  take  his  receipt  in  return, 
notify  all  members  and  correspondents  of  their 
election,  maintain  and  conduct  the  correspon- 
dence of  the  society,  keep  a  list  of  all  members 
and  correspondents  with  the  date  of  their  elec- 
tion, resignation,  or  death,  and  lay  before  the 
Society,  at  the  last  stated  meeting  in  December, 
a  written  report  of  its  transactions  during  the 
preceding  year. 

Section  4.  The  Treasurer  shall  take  charge 
of  the  funds  of  the  Society,  and  attend  to  the 
payment  of  moneys ;  but  no  moneys  are  to  be 
paid  by  him,  except  on  an  order  from  the  Sec- 
retary, signed  by  the  President,  and  he  shall 
lay  before  the  Society,  at  the  last  stated  meet- 
ing in  December,  a  written  report  of  all  the  re- 
ceipts and  expenditures  of  the  Society,  during 
the  preceding  year. 

ARTICLE  IV. 

The  order  of  business  at  stated  meetings, 
shall  be  as  follows : 

When  a  quorum  appears,  the  President  shall 
call  the  meeting  to  order. 


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The  minutes  of  the  last  meeting  shall  be 
read,  and  considered  as  approved,  unless  there 
be  a  motion  to  amend. 

Reports  of  Officers  and  Committees. 

Written  Communications. 

Verbal  Communications. 

Unfinished  Business. 

New  Business. 

Elections 

Adjournment. 

ARTICLE  V. 

Section  1.  Members  may  be  expelled  from 
the  Society  for  any  flagrant  act  of  disrespect  to 
officers  or  members  of  the  Society,  or  wilful  dis- 
regard of  the  Constitution  and  By-Laws.  No 
member  thus  expelled,  shall,  under  any  circum- 
stances, be  received  as  a  candidate  for  re-election. 

Section  2.  No  person  shall  be  expelled  from 
the  Society,  unless  two-thirds  of  the  members 
present  agree  thereto,  at  least  ten  members 
being  present,  and  then  not  without  having  an 
opportunity  of  being  heard  in  his  own  defence, 


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ARTICLE  VI. 

In  all  such  points  of  order  as  are  not  noticed 
in  these  By-Laws,  the  Society  is  to  be  governed 
by  the  established  usage  of  similar  Institutions. 

ARTICLE  VII. 

Every  proposition  to  alter  or  amend  these 
By-Laws,  shall  be  submitted  in  writing  at  a 
stated  meeting,  and  acted  upon  at  the  next,  and, 
if  adopted  by  the  affirmative  votes  of  two-thirds 
of  the  members,  provided  there  be  at  least  ten 
present,  becomes  a  part  of  these  By-Laws. 


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